{"id":3758,"date":"2009-07-26T06:00:33","date_gmt":"2009-07-26T06:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=3758"},"modified":"2009-07-25T17:19:21","modified_gmt":"2009-07-25T17:19:21","slug":"wolverineghost-rider-in-acts-of-vengeance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2009\/07\/26\/wolverineghost-rider-in-acts-of-vengeance\/","title":{"rendered":"Wolverine\/Ghost Rider: In Acts of Vengeance"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBy Howard Mackie<\/strong>, Mark Texeira<\/strong> & Harry Candelario<\/strong> (Marvel)
\nISBN: 0-7851-0022-9<\/p>\n

From that dubious period of “Grim ‘n’ Gritty” super-heroics in the early 1990s comes this slight but entertaining fast-paced pairing of Marvel’s (then) most savage champions which originally ran as the lead series in the fortnightly anthology Marvel Comics Presents<\/strong> #64-70, although dyed-in-the-wool continuity buffs should be warned that the connection to the company’s crossover event Acts of Vengeance<\/strong> is oblique – if not downright tenuous.<\/p>\n

From his insalubrious bar on the pirate stronghold of Madripoor the globe-trotting mutant Wolverine is lured back to New York by a blatantly inept attack carried out by ninjas belonging to vampiric super-villain Deathwatch. Meanwhile Dan Ketch, human host of the fearsome Ghost Rider, finds one of his oldest friends also the target of similar ninjas.<\/p>\n

The heroes’ paths cross with a karate instructor whose family also has a grudge against the criminal mastermind and all converge on the life-leech’s skyscraper headquarters for a surprise or two and a climactic showdown…<\/p>\n

This yarn is just a stylish excuse for a big chase and huge fight – and that’s not necessarily a bad thing – so on those terms, this is a visceral, vicarious, effective use of the creators’ talents, with the added bonus of the introduction of yet another mutant superstar-in-waiting (I think he’s still waiting, even now) in the form of the unstoppable martial arts manhunter code-named Brass.<\/p>\n

Sometimes no-frills cathartic comics combat is all you want from graphic narrative, and if you ever get that feeling this might be the book to buy…
\n\u00c2\u00a9 1990, 1991, 1993 Marvel Entertainment Group. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Howard Mackie, Mark Texeira & Harry Candelario (Marvel) ISBN: 0-7851-0022-9 From that dubious period of “Grim ‘n’ Gritty” super-heroics in the early 1990s comes this slight but entertaining fast-paced pairing of Marvel’s (then) most savage champions which originally ran as the lead series in the fortnightly anthology Marvel Comics Presents #64-70, although dyed-in-the-wool continuity … <\/p>\n

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